The long historical novel The 13th Dalai Lama——Gyangze Battle of 1904 was writtenin the early 1980s, a period when the Chinese Government had just started to put in placethe reform and opening-up policy. It was published by the China Federation of Literary andArt Publishing Corporation in 1985.

After conquering and occupying India and making ,it the fewel in the Crown"of their great Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries,the British colonialists,utilizing the subterfuge of a nominal trading company,the notorious East India Company, to plan aggressive incursions into neighboring Tibet. During the period from the late 18th to the early 19th century, the British colonialists gained control of vast areas to the south of the Himalayas including Nepal, Bhutan, Dremojong (Sikkim) and kadakh. Dremojong(Sikkim), Ladakh and Bhutan had been previously a part of the Tibet kingdom and thus a part of China. However, the British colonialists cared nothing for such facts. After bringing Nepal and Bhutan under their control they tried to invade Tibet.

In 1904, a British expeditionary arm,/crossed the Himalayas and invaded Tibet for the second time. The Tibetan people, led by the 13th Dalai Lama Tabdain Gvamco, who was then aged only 28, bravely beat back the British invaders. In conditions of extreme hardship, the Tibetan people conducted a guerilla struggle against with the British colonialists which lasted over a year. They fought to maintain the unity of the nation and the territorial integrity of the motherland. The stirring story of the Battle of zongshan Hill in Gvangze is enough to move any proud Tibetan to tears. Hopelessly interior to the invading forces in terms of arms, the Tibetan fighters used the most primitive weapons against the British. They declared defiantly that the,/would fight to the very last man, to "kill all the foreign invaders and defend the territorial integrity of the nation." This battier following the Opium War led by Lin Zexu, marked a critical new chapter in the holy struggle of the Chinese nation against imperialist aggression as they sought to defend the territorial integrity of the motherland and maintain nati.ona[ sovereignty and ethnic dignity. The Book The 13th Dalai Lama-1904 Battle of Gyangze which deals with the events of the famous Battle of Gyangze,in a work of fiction reproduces the brave and solemn history of this historical event. It brings to life the characters and heroes such as the I3th Dalai Lama Tubdain Gyamco, Lhatin5 Deboin (Reglment Commander),Zeling Deboin(Regiment Commander), Lhodain, Kezhol Wangqug, Geleg,Qoini Sammo and Rinsai.

Foreword of Second Edition

Buddha of the Land of Snows

The Tent Shrouded in Shadow

A New Star Rises in the Northeast

Qoini Makes a Divination

The New Qing High Commissioner for Tibet

Smoke Rings Signal Deep Emotion

Francis Younghusband's Dream

Fear and Worry

A Flock of Sheep at the Foot of the Mountain

The Lute of a Buddhist Guardian

The Nanyi Monastery Meets With Catastrophe

The Barkor Street Corner

The Silence of Norbu Lingka

Ebullient Lhasa

Mysterious Mongolian Lamas

The Small Monastery on the Mountain

By the Holy Lake

Cheerful Laughter under the Walls of the Ancient Castle

Stranded in Parlha Village

Towering Copper Tower

The God of Fire Shows His Power

A Fearful Place

The Austere Yamun Guarded by Stone Lions

Water Is as Precious as Blood

He Belongs to This Land

The Moment of Truth

Eternal Starlight